Judges in Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday temporarily halted some restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender youths shortly before the provisions were set to go into effect. Litigation between the states and plaintiffs is ongoing.
“To the Court’s knowledge, every court to consider preliminarily enjoining a ban on gender-affirming care for minors has found that such a ban is likely unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson, a Trump administration appointee, wrote in the Wednesday ruling.
“If Tennessee wishes to regulate access to certain medical procedures,” Richardson wrote, “it must do so in a manner that does not infringe on the rights conferred by the United States Constitution, which is of course supreme to all other laws of the land.”U.S.
The American Civil Liberties Union celebrated the blocks in statements. Lucas Cameron-Vaughn, ACLU of Tennessee staff attorney, said that the Tennessee ruling “acknowledges the dangerous implications of this law and protects the freedom to access vital, lifesaving health care for trans youth and their families while our challenge proceeds.”
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